Landry is a working-class Oklahoman, a renter, and a clean-energy professional running for Ward 6 City Council. He grew up watching his mom put herself through nursing school after losing his dad, and that shaped how he sees this work: city government should fight for the families who keep this city running. He's running to make housing more affordable, transit more usable, and clean for our kids.
Landry Willis is running for Oklahoma City Council, Ward 6, because he believes city government should work for the people who keep this city running: renters, working families, and neighbors trying to get by. We must work together to balance the pressures of growth with keeping our city livable for families.
Landry was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Nikki and David Willis. His father served in the Air Force during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, which exposed him to the military's toxic material open-air burn pits, leading eventually to fatal illness. After losing his dad, Landry watched his mom hold the family together by going to nursing school while working part-time. Watching her work that hard for her kids shaped how Landry thinks about everything about who shows up in our communities, who carries the weight, and who too often gets left out of the policies made about their lives.
Landry graduated from McLoud High School and went on to earned associate degrees in Political Science and Environmental Science from Rose State College. He transferred to Saint Louis University and finished his bachelor's degrees with a double major in the same two fields. Studying climate change, plastic pollution, and air and water quality alongside political science convinced him that the biggest problems we face are policy problems and that working people deserve a seat at the table where those policies get written. Throughout school, Landry knocked doors and did field work on local campaigns. His first job out of college was as Field Director for Mark Mann's Senate District 46 race, right here in the heart of Oklahoma City.
Landry then spent nearly two years as a Government Affairs Specialist for the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Association of Realtors, representing members at City Hall and the county. OKCMAR's top priorities were affordable housing and ending homelessness, and Landry helped move that work forward including supporting passage of the Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance to bring missing-middle housing back to the city's core. He participated in multiple Point-in-Time counts and toured nearly every major homelessness shelter and provider in the metro area, listening to the people doing the work and the people they serve.
Today, Landry works in Government Relations for Francis Renewable Energy, an Oklahoma company on the front lines of the clean energy transition. He writes grants and handles zoning and permitting for the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and Landry is proud to spend his days helping build the infrastructure we need to change that.
Landry has a deep love for this city, a record of showing up on the issues that matter: housing, climate, and reducing the high cost of living, and a commitment to listening to the neighbors he hopes to represent. Ward 6 deserves a council member who will fight for renters and working families, keep our Sooner skies clean for our children to breathe, and help guide Oklahoma City's growth in a way that includes everyone. He's asking for your vote, and he'd love to earn it.